When does Huntington's disease begin?

Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 467-473

  Campodonico, Jeffrey R ^b   Aylward, Elizabeth ^b   Codori, Ann Marie ^b   Young, Candace ^b   Krafft, Laura ^b   Magdalinski, Michael ^b   Ranen, Neal ^b   Slavney, Phillip R ^b   Brandt, Jason ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cognitive tests; Genetics; Huntington's disease; MRI scans; Presymptomatic testing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; LEARNING; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUTAMEN; STRIATE CORTEX; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0031682198     PISSN: 13556177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355617798455061     Document Type: Article

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